How can we tell how different #cancer cells will respond to various drugs? 💊
ERC grantee @FranSupek @IRBBarcelona found out that the answer lies in the “#mutational signature” left on the entire cancer genome.
More? ➡️ https://bit.ly/3o3Xydr #CancerResearch
@GenomeDataLab
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1552194603498909697
On our way to detecting planets still forming in their natal environment? 🪐
ERC grantee Stefan Kraus @UniofExeter has developed imaging techniques to help the search at unprecedented small scales ➡️ https://bit.ly/3IdBwOn
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1551915283060625408
Did you see the illustration created by graphic artists @RIVAIllustrati1?🖌
It features ERC grantee @MariskaKret, winner of the #ERCengage award for #CitizenScience. She created the 1st interactive public/primate testing set-up in a Dutch zoo.
More here👉http://bit.ly/RECOGNIZEYOURSELF
RT @RIVAIllustrati1:
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1551860281739038730
3 recent ERC Public Engagement Award winners advise on how to communicate research to the public. 👇
They explain how they sparked the public's interest in their own projects, plus the interesting results of their #SciComm activities!
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1551515144483573760
According to @WHO, obesity-related diseases will double – or triple – over the next two decades.
ERC grantee Mathias Heikenwälder @DKFZ works on a treatment to make suffers of fatty #liver disease healthy once again, without side effects.
👉 http://bit.ly/3RtY7uu @CORDIS_EU
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1551841044660043777
🧠 Although our brain consists of 86 billion #neurones, it runs on as little energy as it takes to light your typical LED light bulb💡
ERC grantee Petra Ritter @ChariteBerlin creates simulations of this complex system to understand how the #brain works ➡️ https://bit.ly/3umbyCQ
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1551552903998951424
3 recent ERC Public Engagement Award winners advise on how to communicate research to the public. 👇
They explain how they sparked the public's interest in their own projects, plus the interesting results of their #SciComm activities!
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1551515144483573760
Can late Bronze Age and late antiquity help us with modern-day challenges? 💭
ERC grantee Silvia Valenzuela-Lamas @CSIC looked at the #meat consumption in the past. Knowing why some habits changed could be key to combatting #climatechange: https://bit.ly/3cbSmkY
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1551477400952643584
Due to ERC grantee Olle Melander @Lundsuni, we may know if we are at risk of developing #Type2Diabetes 🩺
His team's new study on lipid profiling may allow targeted interventions before disease develops.
Read more at: https://bit.ly/3o7ekbv #Health #Diabetes #T2D
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1551190495161856000
🤖 Robotic therapy can be helpful for those affected by strokes and spinal cord injuries.
However, today's machines have limited knowledge of the interaction with the human body. ERC grantee @MassimoSartori8 @UTwente aims to improve this.
Have a look 👉 https://bit.ly/3bZORhz
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1551114998822289408
Nature is full of wonders ✨ Now, a worm study uncovers the secrets of #sleep.
ERC grantee Henrik Bringmann @tudresden_de uses animal models, including roundworms, to learn more about mechanisms of sleep at the molecular level.
Read more at: https://bit.ly/3c4x1tz
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1550828109837918208
#Neutrophils are the guardians of our immune system. ⚔️
ERC grantee @Lammermann_Lab from @maxplanckpress studied the processes that these white blood cells start (and stop) in order to protect from infections.
Want to know more? 👉 https://bit.ly/3yKQ3xX @CORDIS_EU
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1550752610100994053
How are our teenage relationships and mental health linked?
ERC grantee Lydia Krabbendam @VUamsterdam sheds light on a time when depression or social anxieties often first manifest. She found clear associations between social context and the social brain: https://bit.ly/3aCfKHW
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1550465764926205952
How to use #diodes in quantum technologies?
⚡ Diodes are electronic components that can be found in many devices we use today. Frasesca Giazotto from @CNRsocial_ found a way to form a diode-like feature, usuful for quantum technologies.
#EUfunded 🇪🇺
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1550390220465397761
Incorrectly, the Roma community has mostly been conceived solely as a marginalized community.
Elena Marushiakova’s @univofstandrews study shows that instead of passive victims of stigmatization, many Roma were active architects of their own lives. ➡️ https://bit.ly/3zdGDLD
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1550375124221562882
What norms of politeness there will be between human and #AI drivers on the road? 🚗
ERC grantee Ali Mahmoodi @UniFreiburg provides an intriguing insight into how the brain distinguishes between different types of social influence when we change our mind: https://bit.ly/3yhUrDf
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1550103347780149249
🇧🇪 Joyeuse Fête Nationale 🇧🇪 Prettige Nationale Feestdag 🇧🇪 Fröhlicher Nationalfeiertag!
To celebrate 🎉 look at ERC grantee Stefaan Walgrave's @UAntwerpen study on how politicians stay knowledgeable amidst the information overload.
More? ➡️ https://bit.ly/3Pf0b7V
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1550012736091787264
ERC grantee Marco Helbich @UniUtrecht showed how certain environments make a difference for mental health.
What influence do 🤝 social isolation, 🚨 neighbourhood safety, 🌳 and proximity to green spaces have on us? ➡️ https://bit.ly/3abhQ1l
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1549703194812354561
“The Roma community’s history is inseparable from European history.”
We spoke to Elena Marushiakova @univofstandrews about her research on Roma civic emancipation between the two World Wars. Curious about her study? Read more! 👉 https://bit.ly/3zdGDLD
🇪🇺 #EUfunded
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1549680551199535104
🌷 How do plants spatially regulate hormones?
Due to ERC grantee Roy Weinstain's research in this field @TelAvivUni, we could see improvements from herbicides to control of flower growth and fruit ripening.
Read more at: https://bit.ly/3ANsciO
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1549340810688180224
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